Collapsible receptacle.



L. F. SFOERR. 'coLLAPslLE RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION man Nov. 4, |915.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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LOUISE F. SPOERR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COLLAPSIBLE RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deel2, itgjlti.

Application filed November 4, 1915. Serial No. 59,588.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUISE F. Sronnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented cert-ain new and useful improvements in Collapsible Receptacles, of which the 'following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

rlhis invention relates to collapsible or knockdown receptacles, and has for its object to produce an improved receptacle of this kind which is especiallyT useful as a chamber or toilet vessel and which may be conveniently carried in traveling on account of its capability of being collapsed sufficiently to be placed in a suit case.

Another object is to provide a sectional receptacle which when in erected position is Vself supporting, no separate supporting means being required.

ri further object is to provide a sectional receptacle with a sanitary but inexpensive lining which may be destroyed after being used, leaving the receptacle itself unsoiled.

it is also the aim of the invention to provide for protecting or covering the upper edge or rim of the lining when in place in the erected receptacle so that the space between the lining and the inner wall of the receptacle is closed against the entrance of foreign mattei' which would soil the recep tacle proper.

Other objects will appear as the descrip tion proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter de scribed in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the: claim at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure l is a central vertical sectional view of a. collapsible receptacle constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being in erected position with the sanitary lining in place, and Fig. 2 is a similar section of the receptacle as it appears when folded or collapsed.

The receptacle is made in a plurality of sections, preferably three, the bottom section l being pan-shaped and the upper sections 2 and 3 being in the form of rings.

The walls of the sections are inclined so as to form continuations of one another when the receptacle is erected, as illustrated. in Fig. l, and permitting section l to be placed in section Q and section 2 in section 3 when the receptacle is collapsed, as shown in Fig. 2.

The upper edge of the bottom section l is provided with an outwardly turned flange 10 having a groove 11 opening upwardly and terminating substantially in the plane of the rim of the wall of the section. The middle section 2 has an outwardly and downwardly bent flange Q0 around its lower edge to rest upon the rim of the lower or bottom section l and fit in the groove 1l in the flange l0 on said bottom section. Around the upper edge of the middle section there is a flange 2l formed like the flange l0 and having a groove 22 similar to the groove ll.. The top section 3 has a flange 30 at its lower edge similar to the flange 20 and adapted to rest upon the upper edge or rim of the middle section and fit in the groove 22 when the receptacle is erected. At its upper edge, the top section 8 is bent inwardly to form a rounded bead 81 overhanging` the wall proper of said section and open at its bottom, as at 32, said opening being in line with the inner surface of the wall of the receptacle.

It is obvious from Fig. l how the sections are placed 0n one another in erecting the receptacle. Before the top section is put in position on the middle section, a paper or other sanitary lining e is placed in the receptacle, and in subsequently placing the top section in position the rim of the lining is inserted through the opening 32 into the bead 31, as will be readily understood. lifter use, 'the top section is first removed, the lining then removed and destroyed, and the middle section finally taken off of the bottom section and the three sections of the receptacle nested as shown in Fig. 2, when they may be conveniently packed in a suit case.

It will be noted that the overhanging bead 31 on the top section of the receptacle effectively covers the rim of the lining and prevents foreign matter from entering between said lining and the inner surface of the wall of the receptacle, to the end that the receptacle is kept clean or unsoiled.

Having thus described my invention, what with the inner Surface of the wall of Suid I claim as new and desire to secure by Letupper section, and a continuous cup-shaped 1G ters Patent of the United States is lining to iit throughout the sections when A collapsible receptacle Comprising zi erected and have its rim extend into said 5 lower section having means at its upper edge overhanging bead for the purpose speoiied. vfor supporting an upper section, an upper l In testimony whereof I have signed my Y section having an inwardly overhangi-ng naine to this specification.

bead wthpan opening in its bottom in line LOUISE F. SPOERR.

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" Washington. D. C. 

